Albert Einstein Site Online Albert Einstein Site Online Einstein was an Albert Einstein almost never wore socks. Albert Einstein Timeline A comprehensive timeline biography of Albert Einstein (1879-1955), German-born American physicist and Nobel Laureate, best known as the creator of the special and general theory of relativity and for his bold hypothesis concerning the particle nature of light. Explore the turning points in Einstein's life, both personal and professional with this time line. Last Update Jan 08, 2012 Albert Einstein Timeline Overview America welcomes the world's most famous scientist. Einstein Timeline - The Early Years 1879 Born March 14 at 11:30 AM in Ulm, Germany 1880 Einstein family moves to Munich 1881 Sister Maja (Maria) is born 1884 The Compass - A gift from his Uncle sparks his wonder 1885-1888 Pupil at Catholic elementary school in Munich Private lessons in Judaism at home 1888 Pupil at Luitpold-Gymnasium, Munich for the next six years 1889 Meets 21 year old student, Max Talmud.

Introduction to key science and philosophy texts Religious instruction at school (until 1892) 1892 Einstein is not Bar Mitzvahed.

Technically, not a member of the Jewish community 1894 Parents move to Milan Six months later, Einstein leaves Gymnasium without completing his schooling and joins his family in Pavia, Italy Einstein Timeline - The Swiss Years 1895-96 Pupil at cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland 1896 Renounces his German citizenship 1896-1900 Student at the Polytechnic (later the Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich 1901 Acquires Swiss citizenship Completes his first scientific paper 1901-02 Temporary teaching position at school in Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1902 Daughter Lieserl born to Mileva Maric in Novi Sad, Hungary Appointed as technical expert third class at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern 1903 Marriage to Mileva Maric in Bern Founds "Akademie Olympia" with Conrad Habicht and Maurice Solovine Daughter Lieserl probably put up for adoption 1904 Son Hans Albert born in Bern 1905 The annus mirabilis (miracle year) : completes papers on light quanta, Brownian motion, and special theory of relativity Rece

ives Ph.D.

from Zurich University 1906 Promoted to technical expert second class at the Swiss Patent Office 1907 Discovers the principle of equivalence 1908 Appointed lecturer at Bern University 1909 Resigns from Patent Office Appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics at Zurich University 1910 Second son Eduard born in Bern 1911 Predicts bending of light 1911-12 Professor of theoretical physics at German University of Prague 1912-14 Professor of theoretical physics at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich Einstein Timeline - The Berlin Years 1914 Appointed Professor at University of Berlin (without teaching obligations) and Member of Prussian Academy of Sciences Separates from his wife, Mileva Maric - she returns to Zurich with the two sons Signs anti-war "Manifesto to Europeans" 1915 Joins pacifist "New Fatherland League" Completes logical structure of the general theory of relativity 1916 Publication of the general theory of relativity 1917 Writes first paper on cosmology Appointed Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin 1917-1920 Suffers from

 a liver ailment, a stomach ulcer, jaundice and general weakness - his cousin Elsa Einstein Loewenthal takes care of him 1918 Supports the new Weimar Republic in Germany 1919 Divorces Mileva Maric Bending of light observed during solar eclipse in West Africa and Brazil First discussions on Zionism with Kurt Blumenfeld Marries his cousin Elsa Announcement at joint meeting of Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society that Einstein's theories have been confirmed by eclipse observations Sensational headlines in The Times and The New York Times : Einstein becomes a world figure 1920 Mass meeting against the general theory of relativity in Berlin Appointed special visiting professor at Leiden University 1921 First visit to the U.S.

with Chaim Weizmann: fund-raising tour for The Hebrew University Lectures at Princeton University on theory of relativity 1922 Completes first paper on unified field theory Visit to Paris contributes to normalization of French-German relations Joins Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations Lecture tours in Japan and China Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for 1921 1923 Visit to Palestine: holds inaugural scientific lecture at future site of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, named first honorary citizen of Tel Aviv Visit to Spain Lecture in acknowledgment of Nobel Prize in Gï¿½teborg, Sweden Edits first collection of scientific papers of The Hebrew University 1924 The "Einstein-Institute" in Potsdam, Germany, housed in the "Einstein-Tower" starts its activities 1925 Trip to South America: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay Signs manifesto against obligatory military service Joins Board of Governors and Academic Council of The Hebrew University 1927 Begins intense debate with Niels Bohr on the foundations of quantum mechanics 1928 Suffers temporary physical collapse - enlargement of the heart is diagnosed 1930 Intensive activity on behalf of pacifism 1930-

32 Three trips to U.S.: stays mainly at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, during winter semesters 1932 Supports conservation of the Weimar Republic Public correspondence with Sigmund Freud on the nature of war Appointed Professor at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Plans to divide his time between Berlin and Princeton Leaves Germany for the last time Einstein Timeline - The Princeton Years 1933 Declares that he will not return to Germany Resigns from Prussian Academy of Sciences Spends spring and summer in Belgium and Oxford Emigrates to U.S.

in September Why War? published 1934 Collection of essays The World As I See It published 1935 The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox is published 1936 Elsa Einstein dies 1938 Publication of The Evolution of Physics 1939 Signs famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommending U.S. research on nuclear weapons 1940 Acquires U.S. Citizenship 1943 Works as consultant with the Research and Development Division of the U.S.

Navy Bureau of Ordnance, section Ammunition and Explosives 1944 Handwritten copy of his 1905 paper on special relativity auctioned for six million dollars in Kansas City, as a contribution to the American war effort 1945 Shattered by the extent of the Holocaust of European Jewry Shocked by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1946 Becomes chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists Expresses public support for the formation of a world government 1947 Intense activity on behalf of disarmament and world government 1948 Supports creation of the State of Israel First wife, Mileva Maric, dies in Zurich Intact aneurysm of the abdominal aorta disclosed 1949 Publication of "Autobiographical Notes" 1950 Signs Last Will and Testament: Otto Nathan and Helen Dukas named co-trustees The Hebrew University named as the ultimate repository of his personal papers Collection of essays, Out of My Later Years, published 1952 Offered presidency of the State of Israel 1953 Public support for individuals under investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee 1955 Co-signs

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Princeton University Press Albert Einstein Web Page: Life Pupil at cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland 1896 Renounces his German citizenship 1896-1900 Student at the Polytechnic (later the Federal Institute of Techonology), Zurich 1901 Completes his first scientific paper 1901-1902 Temporary teaching position at school in Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1902 Daughter Lieserl born to Mileva Maric in Novi Sad, Hungary Appointed as technical expert third class at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern 1903 Marriage to Mileva Maric in Bern Founds "Akademie Olympia" with Conrad Habicht and Maurice Solovine Daughter Lieserl probably put up for adoption 1904 Son Hans Albert born in Bern 1905 The annus mirabilis : completes papers on light quanta , Brownian motion , and special theory of relativity Receives Ph.D.

from Zurich University 1906 Promoted to technical expert second class at the Swiss Patent Office 1907 Discovers the principle of equivalence 1908 Appointed lecturer at Bern University 1909 Joins pacifist "New Fatherland League" Completes logical structure of the general theory of relativity 1916 Publication of the general theory of relativity 1917 Writes first paper on cosmology Appointed Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Phyics in Berlin 1917-1920 Suffers from a liver ailment, a stomach ulcer, jaundice and general weakness--his cousin Elsa Einstein Loewenthal takes care of him 1918 Supports the new Weimar Republic in Germany Divorces Mileva Maric Bending of light observed during solar eclipse in West Africa and Brazil First discussions on Zionism with Kurt Blumenfeld Marries his cousin Elsa 1919 Sensational headlines in The Times and The New York Times Einstein becomes a world figure 1920 Mass meeting against he general theory of relativity in Berlin Appointed special visiting professor at Leiden University 1921 Lectures at Princeton University on theory of relativity 1

922 Completes first paper on unified field theory Visit to Paris contributes to normalization of French-German relations Joins Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations Lecture tours in Japan and China Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for 1921 1923 Visit to Palestine: holds inaugural scientific lecture at future site of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, named first honorary citizen of Tel Aviv Visit to Spain Lecture in acknowledgment of Nobel Prize in Göteborg, Sweden Edits first collection of scientific papers of The Hebrew University 1924 The "Einstein-Institute" in Potsdam, Germany, housed in the "Einstein-Tower" starts its activities 1925 Trip to South America: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay Signs manifesto against obligatory military service Joins Board of Governors and Academic Council of The Hebrew University 1927 Begins intense debate with Niels Bohr on the foundations of quantum mechanics 1928 Suffers temporary physical collapse--enlargement of the heart is diagnosed 1930 Intense activity on behalf of pacifism 1930-1932 Three trips to U.S.: stays mainly at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, during winter semesters Supports conservation of

 the Weimar Republic 1932 Appointed Professor at The Institute for Advanced Study , Princeton Plans to divide his time between Berlin and Princeton Leaves Germany for the last time Acquires U.S.

Citizenship 1943 Works as a consultant with the Research and Development Division of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, section Ammunition and Explosives 1944 Handwritten copy of his 1905 paper on special relativity auctioned for six million dollars in Kansas City, as a contribution to the American war effort 1945 Shattered by the extent of the Holocaust of European Jewry Shocked by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1946 Becomes chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists Expresses public support for the formation of a world government 1947 Intense activity on behalf of disarmament and world government 1948 Supports creation of the State of Israel First wife, Mileva Maric, dies in Zurich Intact aneurysm of the abdominal aorta disclosed 1949 Albert Einstein (1879-1955) | WikiTree: The FREE Family Tree 3 Acknowledgemnts Biography Albert Einstein was born in the city of Ulm in Württemberg, Germany, on March 14, 1879 into a non-observant Jewish family.

Six weeks later his parents moved the family to Munich, where Einstein spent most of his early years. In 1894, Einstein's family moved to Pavia, Italy (near Milan), but Einstein chose to remain behind in Munich. In 1901 Albert Einstein received his diploma from the Swiss Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, as well as Swiss citizenship. In 1914, he returned to Germany as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute in Berlin, a position he held until 1933. After Hitler's rise to power, life for professional Jews in Germany became very uncomfortable. Albert Einstein and his wife, Elsa, moved to the United States and settled in Princeton, New Jersey. In 1940 he became a US citizen. Professor Albert Einstein is best known for his special (1905) and general (1916) theories of relativity. Einstein dies April 18, 1955 at 1:15 AM in Princeton Hospital at the age of 76 his body is cremated and ashes are scattered at an undisclosed place.

Timeline The Early Years 1879 Born March 14 at 11:30 AM in Ulm, Germany 1880 Einstein family moves to Munich 1885-1888 Pupil at Catholic elementary school in Munich Private lessons in Judaism at home 1888-94 Pupil at Luitpold-Gymnasium, Munich Religious instruction at school (until 1892) 1894 Parents move to Milan Six months later, Einstein leaves Gymnasium without completing his schooling and joins his family in Pavia, Italy The Swiss Years 1895-96 Pupil at cantonal school in Aarau, Switzerland 1896 Renounces his German citizenship 1896-1900 Student at the Polytechnic (later the Federal Institute of Technology), Zurich 1901 Acquires Swiss citizenship Completes his first scientific paper 1901-02 Temporary teaching position at school in Schaffhausen, Switzerland 1902 Daughter Lieserl born to Mileva Maric in Novi Sad, Hungary Appointed as technical expert third class at the Swiss Patent Office in Bern 190

3 Marriage to Mileva Maric in Bern Founds "Akademie Olympia" with Conrad Habicht and Maurice Solovine Daughter Lieserl probably put up for adoption 1904 Son Hans Albert born in Bern 1905 The annus mirabilis : completes papers on light quanta, Brownian motion, and special theory of relativity Receives Ph.D.

from Zurich University 1906 Promoted to technical expert second class at the Swiss Patent Office 1907 Discovers the principle of equivalence 1908 Appointed lecturer at Bern University 1909 Resigns from Patent Office Appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics at Zurich University 1910 Second son Eduard born in Bern 1911 Predicts bending of light 1911-12 Professor of theoretical physics at German University of Prague 1912-14 Professor of theoretical physics at the Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich The Berlin Years 1914 Appointed Professor at University of Berlin (without teaching obligations) and Member of Prussian Academy of Sciences Separates from his wife, Mileva Maric - she returns to Zurich with the two sons Signs anti-war "Manifesto to Europeans" 1915 Joins pacifist "New Fatherland League" Completes logical structure of the general theory of relativity 1916 Publication of the general theory of relativity 1917 Writes first paper on cosmology Appointed Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin 1917-1920 Suffers from a liver ail

ment, a stomach ulcer, jaundice and general weakness - his cousin Elsa Einstein Loewenthal takes care of him 1918 Supports the new Weimar Republic in Germany 1919 Divorces Mileva Maric Bending of light observed during solar eclipse in West Africa and Brazil First discussions on Zionism with Kurt Blumenfeld Marries his cousin Elsa Announcement at joint meeting of Royal Society and Royal Astronomical Society that Einstein's theories have been confirmed by eclipse observations Sensational headlines in The Times and The New York Times : Einstein becomes a world figure 1920 Mass meeting against the general theory of relativity in Berlin Appointed special visiting professor at Leiden University 1921 First visit to the U.S.

with Chaim Weizmann: fund-raising tour for The Hebrew University Lectures at Princeton University on theory of relativity 1922 Completes first paper on unified field theory Visit to Paris contributes to normalization of French-German relations Joins Committee on Intellectual Cooperation of the League of Nations Lecture tours in Japan and China Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics for 1921 1923 Visit to Palestine: holds inaugural scientific lecture at future site of The Hebrew University in Jerusalem, named first honorary citizen of Tel Aviv Visit to Spain Lecture in acknowledgment of Nobel Prize in Göteborg, Sweden Edits first collection of scientific papers of The Hebrew University 1924 The "Einstein-Institute" in Potsdam, Germany, housed in the "Einstein-Tower" starts its activities 1925 Trip to South America: Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay Signs manifesto against obligatory military service Joins Board of Governors and Academic Council of The Hebrew University 1927 Begins intense debate with Niels Bohr on the foundations of quantum mechanics 1928 Suffers temporary physical collapse - enlargement of the heart is diagnosed 1930 Intensive activity on behalf of pacifism 1930-32 Three

 trips to U.S.: stays mainly at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, during winter semesters 1932 Supports conservation of the Weimar Republic Public correspondence with Sigmund Freud on the nature of war Appointed Professor at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton Plans to divide his time between Berlin and Princeton Leaves Germany for the last time The Princeton Years 1933 Declares that he will not return to Germany Resigns from Prussian Academy of Sciences Spends spring and summer in Belgium and Oxford Emigrates to U.S.

in September Why War? published 1934 Collection of essays The World As I See It published 1935 The Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox is published 1936 Elsa Einstein dies 1938 Publication of The Evolution of Physics 1939 Signs famous letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommending U.S. research on nuclear weapons 1940 Acquires U.S. Citizenship 1943 Works as consultant with the Research and Development Division of the U.S.

Navy Bureau of Ordnance, section Ammunition and Explosives 1944 Handwritten copy of his 1905 paper on special relativity auctioned for six million dollars in Kansas City, as a contribution to the American war effort 1945 Shattered by the extent of the Holocaust of European Jewry Shocked by the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1946 Becomes chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists Expresses public support for the formation of a world government 1947 Intense activity on behalf of disarmament and world government 1948 Supports creation of the State of Israel First wife, Mileva Maric, dies in Zurich Intact aneurysm of the abdominal aorta disclosed 1949 Publication of "Autobiographical Notes" 1950 Signs Last Will and Testament: Otto Nathan and Helen Dukas named co-trustees The Hebrew University named as the ultimate repository of his personal papers Collection of essays, Out of My Later Years , published 1952 Offered presidency of the State of Israel 1953 Public support for individuals under investigation by the House Un-American Activities Committee 1955 Co-signs

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1884: Albert Einstein's father brings home a compass, which facinates Albert and serves as the starting point of Albert's scientific engagement 1885 -1888 Albert Einstein attends a Catholic elementary school 1889 Albert Einstein meets Max Talmud who provides resources to foster Albert's scientific advancement. 1895 Albert attends and graduates a high school in Aarau, Switzerland 1896 Albert Einstein enrolls at the Federal Polytechnic in Zurich, and renounces his German citizenship 1898 Albert falls in love with his classmate Mileva Maric, (Hungarian) 1900 Einstein graduates from ETH with a degree in physics 1901 Albert Einstein becomes a Swiss citizen, completes his first scientific paper on the capillary forces of a straw, and moves to Bern. 1902 Albert takes a job at the Swiss Patent Office 1903 Einstein marries Mileva 1905 THE MIRACLE YEAR Einstein begins his theory of Special Theory of Relativity, which helps to create the renouned e=mc2 Annalen der Physik, is published containing 4 major scientific paper, and becomes the leading German physics journal.

1907 Einstein further developes his Special Theory of Relativity using the laws of gravity. 1908 Albert Einstein becomes an associate professor at the University of Bern. 1909 He is appointed Associate Professor of theoretical physics at Zurich University 1910 Albert's son, Eduard, is born in Munich Albert writes a paper on critical opalescence that described why the sky is blue, leading to his prediction of the bending of light 1911 He is appointed Professor of theoretical physics at the German University of Prague 1913 He is appointed Professor of theoretical physics at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and works on his new Theory of Gravity 1914 Albert and Mileva get a divorce. It is said that Albert promises that if he could divorce Mileva, he would get the Nobel Prise. Einstein is appointed Professor at University of Berlin As World War I begins, Einstein signs anti-war "Manifesto to Europeans" 1915 Einstein completes the General Theory of Relativity. Albert Einstein joins the pacifist organization known as the "New Fatherland League" 1916 Einstein publishes his General Theory of Relativity 1917 Einstein writes a paper on cosmology.

Einstein is Appointed Director of Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Physics in Berlin 1918 Einstein falls seriously ill and is nursed by his cousin, Elsa Einstein Loewenthal, who he later marries in May 1919 1919 A solar eclipse proves Einstein's General Theory of Relativity 1921 Einstein visits to the U.S. and lectures at Princeton University on theory of relativity 1922 Albert Einstein is awarded the Nobel Prize in physics for 1921 1923 Albert Einstein lectures in various universities of Spain 1924 The "Einstein-Institute" in Potsdam begins its activities 1925 Albert Einstein lectures in various South American countries. Albert Einstein joins the Board of Governors and Academic Council of The Hebrew University 1927 With the help of Niels Bohr, Albert Einstein begins to develop his theories concerning Quantum Mechanics.

1928 Einstein becomes ill due to an enlargement of the heart, supposedly 1930- 1933 Albert Einstein lectures at several American universities 1933 Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany (the beginnings of World War II) Albert Einstein moves to Princeton, New Jersey where he works at the Institute for Advanced Study. 1934 Albert Einstein publishes his "The World As I See It" 1935 Albet Einstein publishes the "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox" 1936 Albert's wife, Elsa Einstein dies 1939 At the starting of World War II, Albert Einstein warns President Theodore Roosevelt of the possibility that Germany will build an atomic bomb, and insists that he take steps to start nuclear research. 1940 Einstein officially becomes a citizen of the United States, and of Switzerland 1943 Albert Einstein works with the US Navy to research ammunition and explosives. 1945 World War II ends with the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.

1946 Albert Einstein becomes the chairman of the Emergency Committee for Atomic Scientists, and works in favor of disarmament 1949 Mileva dies 1952 Albert Einstein is offered presidency of the State of Israel 1955 Co-signs the Russell-Einstein Manifesto warning of the nuclear threat Albert Einstein experienced internal bleeding and dies the next day in Princeton Hospital. He was 76 years old. Create a free website Albert Einstein Albert Einstein ▼ Primary Sources ▼ Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was born of Jewish parents in Ulm, Germany , in 1879. He was educated at Munich, Aarau and Zurich. Disapproving of German militarism he took Swiss nationality in 1901 and the following year was appointed examiner at the Swiss Patent Office. While in this post he began publishing original papers on the theoretical aspects of problems in physics. Influenced by quantum theory developed by Max Planck in Berlin, Einstein explained the photoelectric law that governs the production of electricity from light-sensitive metals. In 1905 Einstein published his special theory of relativity.

Einstein argued that the laws of nature are the same for all observers in unaccelerated motion, and the speed of light is independent in the motion of its source. Einstein postulated that the time interval between two events was longer for an observer in whose frame of reference the events occur in different places than for the observer for whom they occur at the same place. Einstein took his PhD at Zurich and in 1909 became a lecturer in theoretical physics at the university. He also taught at Prague (1911-12) before Max Planck invited him to become director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Physical Institute in Berlin in 1914. In 1915 Einstein published his general theory of relativity where he argued that the properties of space-time were to be conceived as modified locally by the presence of a body with mass. The theory of relativity revolutionized our understanding of matter, space, and time. Einstein achieved world recognition for his general theory of relativity and won the Nobel prize for physics in 1921.

As a Jew , Einstein suffered a great deal of prejudice in Germany and after being involved in a memorial service for the assassinated German politician, Walther Rathenau , he was warned that he was likely to be murdered by the Freikorps . Einstein became increasingly interested in politics and he toured Europe making speeches on peace and disarmament. Now a pacifist , he told his audiences that: "my pacifism is an instinctive feeling, a feeling that possesses me because the murder of men is disgusting." In 1929 he upset right-wing forces in Weimar Germany by stating: "I would unconditionally refuse all war service, direct or indirect regardless of how I might feel about the causes of any particular war." When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933 Einstein was in California. His house was immediately attacked by the Sturm Abteilung (SA) . After being told what had happened Einstein decided not to return home. Instead he toured Europe making speeches explaining what was taking place in Nazi Germany . In 1934 Einstein emigrated to the United States where he became a professor of mathematics at Princeton.

He was no longer a pacifist and argued that democratic nations needed to rearm in order to defend itself against the aggressive foreign policy of Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany . In 1939 Einstein warned President Franklin D. Roosevelt that German scientists were in a position to develop an atomic bomb . This encouraged Roosevelt to establish the Manhattan Project . After the war he urged control of atomic weapons and was one of the first people in the United States to protest about McCarthyism and the activities of the House of Un-American Activities Committee . Albert Einstein, who spent his final years trying to establish a merger between between quantum theory and his general theory of relativity, died in 1955. Primary Sources (1) Albert Einstein, speech at a meeting of pacifists in Germany in 1922. First, we might ask ourselves in what sense the problems of international affairs require today an approach quite different from that of the past - not just the recent past, but the past half-century. To me, the answer is quite simple: due to technological developments, the distances throughout the world have shrunk to one tenth of their former size. The production of commodities in the world has become a mosaic composed of pieces from all over the globe.

It is essential and altogether natural that the increased economic interdependence of the world's territories, which participate in mankind's production, be complemented by an appropriate political organization. I believe the condition in which the world finds itself today makes it not only a matter of idealism but one of dire necessity to create unity and intellectual co-operation among nations. Those of us who are alive to these needs must stop thinking in terms of 'What should be done for our country?' Rather, we should ask: 'What must our community do to lay the groundwork for a larger world community?' For without that greater community no single country will long endure. (2) Albert Einstein, was in Germany in 1922 when the Jewish politician Walther Rathenau was assassinated. He wrote a letter to Max Planck describing his fears about his own safety. A number of people who deserve to be taken seriously have independently warned me not to stay in Berlin for the time being and, especially, to avoid all public appearances in Germany. I am said to be among those whom the nationalists have marked for assassination. Of course, I have no proof, but in the prevailing situation it seems quite plausible.

The trouble is that the newspapers have mentioned my name too often, this mobilizing the rabble against me. I have no alternative but to be patient - and to leave the city. I do urge you to get as little upset over the incident as I myself. (3) Eugene Wigner first met Albert Einstein in 1925. He wrote about this meeting in a book published in 1979. The personal characteristic of Einstein that is most vividly in my mind and that I like to recall most is his feeling of equality with his colleagues, his appreciation and in fact reciprocation of their friendship. My love and early admiration of physics (I studied chemical engineering) owes very much to the seminar he organized in the early twenties in Berlin on statistical mechanics. Many of the participants at the seminar, including myself, were encouraged to visit him at his home, to have personal conversations with him. We discussed, at such occasions, not only statistical mechanics, not only physics, but also personal problems, and the problems of society. His deep insights had a lasting effect on most of us, but the exchange of opinions was on an equal basis and he responded with interest to the remarks which his visitors made.

In somewhat later years the subject of such conversations often turned toward politics, and his condemnation of all dictatorships, particularly Hitler's, had a great deal of influence on his friends and students. But even as far as the USSR is concerned, he wrote, when he was asked to sign a petition: 'Because of the glorification of Soviet Russia, which it includes, I cannot bring myself to sign it.' It became more difficult for him to maintain a similarly cordial relation with his colleagues, older and younger, after moving to Princeton. Though he could speak English, he never felt at home with it. But his relations with numerous collaborators in Princeton were always cordial and, even though they were not only less widely recognized, but also considerably younger than he was, he never talked down to them, and treated them as equals. He loved to take walks, often with friends like myself, with whom the conversation was in German. (4) Albert Einstein, speech at the Sorbonne, Paris (December, 1929) If my theory of relativity is proven correct, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare that I am a citizen of the world.

Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German and Germany will declare that I am a Jew. (5) Albert Einstein, interview given in the United States in 1930. It may not be possible in one generation to eradicate the combative instinct. It is not even desirable to eradicate it entirely. Men should continue to fight, but they should fight for things worth while, not for imaginary geographical lines, racial prejudices and private greed draped in the colours of patriotism. Their arms should be weapons of the spirit, not shrapnel and tanks. We must be prepared to make the same heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart. Nothing that I can do or say will change the structure of the universe. But maybe, by raising my voice, I can help the greatest of all causes - good will among men and peace on earth. (6) Albert Einstein, speech on education and socialism in 1930. This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil.

An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career. I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellowmen in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society. Nevertheless, it is necessary to remember that a planned economy is not yet socialism. (7) Albert Einstein's outspoken pacifism made him an unpopular figure with right-wing forces in Weimar Germany . I would unconditionally refuse all war service, direct or indirect regardless of how I might feel about the causes of any particular war.

(8) In the summer of 1933 the Royal Prussian Academy began expelling members who were Jews. Einstein immediately wrote to resign from the organization. The academy responded by publishing a public statement about Einstein. We have no reason to regret Einstein's resignation. The Academy is aghast at his agitational activities abroad. Its members have always felt in themselves a profound loyalty to the Prussian state. Even though they have kept apart from all party politics, yet they have always emphasized their loyalty to the national idea. (9) Albert Einstein, The World as I See It (1935) That a man can take pleasure in marching in formation to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; a backbone was all he needed. The plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed. Heroism by order, senseless violence and all the pestilent nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how I hate them! (10) Albert Einstein, letter to the American League (1937) It must be said that, of late, pacifists have harmed rather than helped the cause of democracy.

This is especially obvious in England, where the pacifist influence has dangerously delayed the rearmament which has become necessary because of the military preparations in Fascist countries. (11) On 2nd August, 1939, Albert Einstein and two other Jewish scientists, Leo Szilard and Eugene Wigner , who had fled Nazi persecution in Europe, wrote a joint letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt , about the developments that had been taking place in nuclear physics. In the course of the last four months it has been made probable - through the work of Joliot in France as well as Fermi and Szilard in America - that it may become possible to set up a nuclear chain reaction in a large mass of uranium, by which vast amounts of power and large quantities of new radium-like elements would be generated. Now it appears almost certain that this could be achieved in the immediate future. This new phenomenon would also lead to the construction of bombs, and it is conceivable - though much less certain - that extremely powerful bombs of a new type may thus be constructed. A single bomb of this type, carried by boat or exploded in a port, might well destroy the whole port together with some of the surrounding territory.

However, such bombs might well prove to be too heavy for transportation by air. (12) Albert Einstein, speech in New York in December 1945. Physicists find themselves in a position not unlike that of Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel invented an explosive more powerful than any then known-an exceedingly effective means of destruction. To atone for this 'accomplishment' and to relieve his conscience, he instituted his awards for the promotion of peace. Today, the physicists who participated in producing the most formidable weapon of all time are harassed by a similar feeling of responsibility, not to say guilt. As scientists, we must never cease to warn against the danger created by these weapons; we dare not slacken in our efforts to make the peoples of the world, and especially their governments, aware of the unspeakable disaster they are certain to provoke unless they change their attitude toward one another and recognize their responsibility in shaping a safe future. We helped create this new weapon in order to prevent the enemies of mankind from achieving it first; given the mentality of the Nazis, this could have brought about untold destruction as well as the enslavement of the peoples of the world.

This weapon was delivered into the hands of the American and the British nations in their roles as trustees of all mankind, and as fighters for peace and liberty; but so far we have no guarantee of peace nor of any of the freedoms promised by the Atlantic Charter. The war is won, but the peace is not.

What Happened in 1933 including Pop Culture, Significant Events, Key Technology and Inventions How Much things cost in 1933 Average Cost of new house $5,750.00 Average wages per year $1,550.00 Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents Average Cost for house rent $18.00 per month Vacuum Cleaner $17.75 A loaf of Bread 7 cents Newport Boulevard Ladies Hat $1.69 A LB of Hamburger Meat 11 cents Silk and Rayon Stockings 39 cents a Pair Plymouth 6 Car $445.00 Health Building Tonic 89 cents Campbells Vegetable Soup 10 cents 1933 Vintage Radio $52.00 Average Laborers Wage $20.00 per week Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Sterling Average House Price 530 Adolf Hitler declared his intentions for a state-sponsored "People's Car" program. More of the History, Information and Timeline For The People's Car 1. Adolf Hitler declared his intentions for a state-sponsored "Volkswagen" program. (1933 ) 2.

The prefix Volks ("People's") 3. Basic vehicle capable of transporting two adults and three children at 100 km/h (62 mph) 4. Ferdinand Porsche begins work on The People's Car June 22nd 1934 5. Prototypes of the car called the "KdF-Wagen 1936 6. The building of the new factory for the Volkswagen started 26 May 1938 7. Production is ended with few cars made in 1939 due to World War II 8. After the end of World War II British Army officer Major Ivan Hirst, REME Supervises Production of the Volkswagen at the Factory. 9. The name Volkswagen Beetle was never officially labelled until 1968 ( was called Volkswagen Type 1 up till then. 10. By 1946 the factory was producing 1,000 cars a month 11. British, American and French motor industries were offered the factory and the Volkswagen Beetle 12. Every major manufacturer turned it down saying the car would never sell in quantity. 13.

By 1973 there were 16 million Volkswagen Beetle's manufactured. United States -- Repeal of prohibition Repeal of prohibition in United States allowing 3.2% beer and wine sales when the 21st Amendment is passed repealing the 18th Amendment More of the History, Information and Timeline For Prohibition in The United States 1. Prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. 2. Prohibition was a reform movement sponsored by evangelical Protestant churches 3. The Anti-Saloon League became the political driving force for Prohibition ( 1890 - 1920 ) 4. The 18th Amendment / the Volstead Act ( Prohibition ) began on January 17th , 1920 5. Gangsters, including Al Capone controlled speakeasies and Bootlegging making millions 6. Bootlegging ( illegal business of smuggling alcoholic beverages ) 7. Speakeasies ( establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages ) 8. Speakeasies also called blind pig bars or blind tiger bars 9.

Prohibition laws were enforced differently around the country 10. 21st Amendment is passed repealing the 18th Amendment ( Repeal of prohibition ) on December 5, 1933 Strong winds strip the topsoil from the drought affected farms in Midwest creating Dust Bowls More of the History, Information and Timeline For the Dust Bowl Years 1. Due To Farm Automation ( Tractors and Beginning Of Combines ) From 1925 to 1930 Land Under Cultivation Quadruples 2. Poor Farming Practices also increase with agricultural methods used that encouraged erosion. 3. First Severe Dust Storms Begin in Late 1933 stripping away the topsoil 4. Severe Drought begins the following year and Dust Storms Strip away more topsoil leading to the area of the Great Plains Becoming a Dust Bowl 5. Over the next few years due to soil erosion 2.5 million people are forced to leave the Great Plains states because they could no longer earn a living from the land. 5.

Following the Dust Bowl years the government implemented massive conservation efforts and education including soil conservation and anti-erosion techniques, including crop rotation, and farmers changed farming practices allowing much of the land to recover. United States -- The Great Depression Unemployment In The United States Reaches Highest Level in the winter of 1932 / 1933 with nearly 1 in 3 people unemployed More of the History, Information and Timeline For the Great Depression In the United States 1. Wall Street Crash Occurs in October 1929 2. Banks Begin to Fail in 1930 ( many through exposure to the market crash ) 3. NO Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in place so people withdraw savings from banks making situation worse 4. Smoot-Hawley Tariff act ( June 17th 1930 ) raised U.S. tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels 5. For the first couple of years President Herbert Hoover believed the Economy would sort itself out. 6.

By 1932 Hundreds-of-thousands find themselves homeless and began congregating in shanty towns or tent cities ( Hoovervilles ) or travel the country looking for work. 7. President Herbert Hoover signs the Emergency Relief and Construction Act which created the Reconstruction Finance Corporation which released funds for public works projects across the country. 8. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation spent $1.5 billion in 1932, $1.8 billion in 1933, and $1.8 billion in 1934 9. Herbert Hoover is defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt who becomes US President on March 4th, 1933 10. President Franklin D. Roosevelt does the following during his first year of office to address the Great Depression 11. Incorporates and streamlines Reconstruction Finance Corporation into the "New Deal" 12. National Recovery Administration (NRA) which Set maximum prices and wages and competitive conditions in all industries, Cut farm production so as to raise prices and make it possible to earn a living in farming, 13. 1933 14.

President Roosevelt gives his first " fireside chat " on March 12th in a radio broadcast 15. As the number affected by poverty increases diseases including Diphtheria, Tuberculosis and scarlet fever increase 16. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the creation of 4 million public works jobs 17. Work Starts on The Golden Gate Bridge 18. Congress agrees to the Home Owners Refinancing Act as part of the larger NEW DEAL 19. The Emergency Banking Act is passed to save the run on small banks causing them to go into bankruptcy Albert Einstein emigrates to the United States from Germany More Information and Timeline for Albert Einstein Physicist Albert Einstein renounces his German citizenship as he moves to the United States to become a professor of theoretical physics at Princeton in October of 1933. Einstein had been known as a pacifist and was Jewish, both factors that contributed to his fear of the new Nazi government that was taking over Germany. Einstein went on to urge President Roosevelt to increase American efforts on researching uranium with the intention of developing nuclear weaponry before Germany had a chance to do so. Einstein did not gain his United States citizenship until 1940. U.S.

- First Drive-In Movie Theater The first drive-in movie theater is opened in New Jersey. More Information for the first Drive-In theater The very first drive-in movie theater is opened during June of 1933 in the United States. It was created by Richard Hollingshead and called the "Park-In Theater." Located in Camden, New Jersey, it could accommodate about 400 vehicles at one time and it cost 25 cents per car plus 25 cents per person to attend a screening. Hollingshead had patented the idea that same year and as the concept became popular his patent was overturned in 1949, paving the way for even more drive-in theaters to be created. The drive-in theater reached its peak in the late 1950's with about 5,000 drive-ins around the country. The popularity of the drive-in began its steady decline in the 1970s and has continued to disappear since, it is estimated that fewer than 500 operating drive-ins exist today. The Civil Works Administration creates temporary construction jobs as a part of the New Deal. More Information for the Civil Works Administration U.S. President Franklin D.

Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration (CWA) during November of 1933. As part of the "New Deal" the Civil Works Administration was created as a short-term employment operation that helped create temporary construction jobs for about 4 million people. The CWA was dismantled by March of 1934 but for a brief time it helped millions get back to work in the midst of the Great Depression. The jobs provided by the CWA helped to build much needed infrastructure across the country. The CWA was later replaced with the more ambitious Works Progress Administration (WPA). Around The World -- The Great Depression Nearly every country in the world was suffering from high unemployment More of the History, Information and Timeline For the Great Depression around the world 1933 was the one of the worst years during the great depression and Very few countries around the world were not affected and because of the Great Depression many leaders came to power who may not have done in normal times, a good example of this is the rise of Hitler in Germany where unemployment was high and following their defeat in World War I German morale was at an all time low.

Back in the thirties each country did their own thing including increasing interest rates, Implementing Import Tariffs, leaving the Gold Standard. Because of lack of a world wide coherent strategy many feel the Great Depression lasted longer than it should have done. Physicist Leo Szilard has the idea that a nuclear chain reaction is possible. More Information and Timeline for Leo Szilard Nuclear Reaction. Physicist Leo Szilard comes up with the idea for a nuclear chain reaction on the 12th of September in 1933 while in London. In 1934 he filed for a patent on his idea of a "neutronic reactor." He continued to work on this idea and joined forces with another famed physicist Enrico Fermi. They came to the conclusion that an atomic bomb could be made with Uranium. Due to this conclusion, in 1939 Szilard wrote a letter to President Roosevelt that was signed by Albert Einstein urging the U.S. government to research and develop nuclear weaponry before Nazi Germany could do so themselves. This lead to the creation of the Manhattan Project.

In 1942, Szilard and Fermi created the first man-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in December of 1942. The film King Kong premieres during March. More Information for the film King Kong The film "King Kong" premieres at Radio City Music Hall and the RKO Roxy in New York City during March of 1933. The film, considered by many to be one of the best horror films ever made, told the story of a gigantic pre-historic ape who was found and taken to New York by a film crew where he wreaks havoc on the city. Much of the plot revolves around King Kong's infatuation with an actress from the crew but the film also features many adventure-filled moments and battle scenes between King Kong and either the humans or other creatures in his surrounding environment. The film starred Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, and Bruce Cabot. "King Kong" was quite successful after its release and received mostly positive reviews as it was considered ground-breaking in its use of special effects at that time in cinema history.

Calendar For The Year 1933 Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany Adolf Hitler appointed Chancellor of Germany Germany Adolf Hitler bans all other political parties turning Germany into a One Party State Enabling Act The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany. and the Gestapo is established Germany Quits the League of Nations causing concern over German Intentions towards France and other European Countries. Ivy League university cuts 'A' quota to halt grade inflation - Telegraph Ivy League university cuts 'A' quota to halt grade inflation By Harry Mount in New York 12:01AM BST 22 Sep 2005 Princeton has bucked the trend on US campuses for "dumbing down" by becoming the first university to stop grade inflation and introduce grade deflation instead. The top Ivy League university has decreased the percentage of As it awards undergraduates at the end of the year to 41 per cent, down from 46 per cent last year and 48 per cent the year before. Its aim in the future is to bring the A rate down to 35 per cent, the average figure between 1987 and 1992.

"If we're giving them the same grades for their very best work as for their good work, we're not giving them well calibrated guidance about the difference between very good and best," said Nancy Malkiel, the dean of the college. "We're not challenging them to do their very best work." Related Articles A Princeton survey of the eight Ivy League colleges plus Stanford, MIT and the University of Chicago, carried out before the introduction of the new policy, found As accounted for 44 per cent to 55 per cent of all undergraduate grades. The survey was set up by the New Jersey-based university in 1998 to deal with what Ms Malkiel called "an intractable national problem". Princeton, founded in 1746, has educated two presidents, James Madison and Woodrow Wilson, and the writer, F Scott Fitzgerald. Albert Einstein became Princeton's professor of theoretical physics in 1933 and died there in 1955.

Question: Albert Einstein was appointed Professor of Theoretical Physics at which Ivy League University in 1933?
Answer: Princeton